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Get started1 Dove Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Harrold, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 7DF). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2008); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
It hasn't traded since February 2004, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 13.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £484,000 sits 66.9% above the 2004 sale of £290,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£198/sq ft) was about 22.2% below the postcode norm. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 16 planning records sit against the property, 10 approved, 5 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
1 Dove Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
1 Dove Lane has been through 10 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
Replacement of windows to timber slim-line double glazing windows, replacement of timber frame porch entrance . Reconfiguration of access doors into rear courtyard and internal alterations.
Sale price has at least doubled since 1998.
£484,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.4% per year over 5 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 13.4% per year over 5 years.
Price per m²
£2,132
Street avg £2,848
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Magpie — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
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Erection of single detached house and garage and amendments to boundary walls (Revised scheme) (Development already carried out).
14 more applications for this property
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25 February 2004Most recent
£290,000
+100.0%over 5 years28 August 1998
£145,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 7DF: £285,000 (2018–2014).
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
MK43 7AA
Closest school
0.3 km
Harrold Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Medium
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB
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